Backend Engineer- Student

We are Outbrain.

We're one of the world's largest content recommendation platforms, delighting audiences with engaging, personalized content recommendations while serving as the primary engagement partner and platform for the world's top digital media companies.

We're looking for a Backend Engineer Student who is interested in helping us to evolve our data infrastructure at Outbrain. Our scale is enormous: with a data pipeline handling 800 billion messages daily in our Kafka clusters. We support over 1000 daily jobs across multiple platforms such as Airflow, Spark, and Trino. Your role will involve creating services, tools and libraries to enhance the daily productivity and efficiency of Outbrain's engineering teams.

If you’re looking to solve unique technical challenges at massive scale with an amazing team by your side, we’ve got you covered.

A day in the life

• Join a small and very strong team of experienced engineers.
• Collaborate with software and DevOps engineers in our team on various tasks be it features, research, proof of concept or migration.
• Use the right tools for the job: our tech stack includes battle-tested tools like Java/Scala, Python, Kafka, Spark, Trino, Airflow, SpringBoot, K8S, Docker and more.
• Work closely with your team to design & implement high-quality technical solutions. Share knowledge & improve code quality through code reviews, technical specs, design reviews, postmortems and unit tests.
• Deploy your code to production servers several times a day with a single click through our state-of-the-art continuous integration tooling!
• Measure the impact of your changes in production using our advanced monitoring stack based on Prometheus.

What you’ll bring

• Currently in your third year of studying Computer Science or another quantitative field.
• Knowledge in Java is essential.
• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures is required.
• Some experience in server-side (backend) development, whether through courses or projects.
• Bonus: Experience or projects involving Python.
• Bonus: Familiarity with Linux.
• A strong desire to learn and the ability to self-learn are crucial.
• A positive attitude, even in challenging situations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Reliability – you are someone others can depend on.

More than snacks!

• Office and home hybrid working (3 days in the office)
• Expand your toolbox with our mentorship program and internal learning tools
• Pet friendly office
• Happy hours & Free lunch once a week that is cooked by renowned chef
• …and of course a fully stocked kitchen!

We Recommend #LifeAtOutbrain

Outbrain is an equal employment opportunity employer and committed to diversity and inclusion at all stages of recruitment and employment.

Our company culture is welcoming, dynamic, diverse, global, and built on top performance.

Did you know "trust" is one of our core values? We apply this value to our day-to-day by working collaboratively on a global scale. With managers and teammates often sitting in other countries and time zones, we value communication, patience, and open-mindedness to all cultural backgrounds. We encourage all ideas, and everyone gets a seat at the table!

Our team is made up of individuals who are approachable, resourceful, passionate, and proactive. We foster a sense of belonging through our Employee Resource Groups –employee-led groups in which we debate topics and drive change. From OB Green (environmental), OB WE (women empowerment), OB Good (charitable initiatives) to OB4E (diversity, equity, and inclusion), you’ll be able to share your passions with likeminded people.

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